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This podcast is being brought to you by WXAV88.3 FM and WXAV.com. WXAV bringing the best podcast to you. If I spoke to you in my native tongue, you wouldn't understand me. Sorry, I didn't get that.
That probably sounds familiar, like the sound in your back pocket, that you only hear when you accidentally sit on it. If I spoke to you in my native tongue, you wouldn't understand me. Not because of a language barrier, but because you don't take the time to know me. Like me, me, not every hijab you see.
There is a reason why Siri has a woman's voice. You only speak when spoken to. Ooh, women that look like you. And they've labeled us two.
Things that aren't even true. Your father is a terrorist. Your four brothers are terrorists. Your mother is the wife of a terrorist.
You're the daughter of a terrorist. Your mother only ever a wife. You, only ever a daughter. Your characteristics pass down from generation to generation.
Pass down from mothers to daughters. If I spoke to you in my native tongue, you wouldn't understand me. My name is Heba and I was born in France. On paper, I'm white, but you wouldn't know that at first glance.
Isn't it funny when people ask where you're from? Where are you from? I'm from here. No, but like, where are you from from?
I'm from here here, the hyphen between Arab and American, to American for the Arabs and to Arab for the Americans. So what was your name again? My name is Reem. Sorry, I didn't get that.
Oh, I mean Reem. I spoke to you in my native tongue. You wouldn't understand me. What are you even in school for?
Surprise. That's not how I've been training. Not for decoration or to fill up time, but to go to med school to save your lives and to go to law school to protect your rights. But who's going to save our lives and protect our rights?
And what do we tell our little sisters? The ones still not exposed to this reality? The ones with hope still in their eyes? The ones that look up to us like superheroes.
With our scars dangling from our necks. One of series default answers is who I am is not important. Who you are is important. Who I am is important.
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